Sewing machine cabinets



May 20, 1958 E. R. PETERSON 2,835,545

' SEWING MACHINE CABINETS Filed June 19, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

BY Elmer R. Peterson ATTORNEY E. R. PETERSON SEWING MACHINE CABINETS May 20, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 1 9, 1956 ATTORNEY United States Patent Ofilice SEWING MACHINE CABINETS Elmer R. Peterson, Norway, Mich., assignor to The Singer Manufacturing Company, Elizabeth, N. J., a corporation of New Jersey Application June 19,1956, Serial No. 592,426

1 Claim. (Cl. 312-21 This invention relates to sewing machine cabinets of the drop-head type, and the primary object of the present invention is to provide an improved sewing machine cabinet.

With the above and other objects in view, as will hereinafter appear, the invention comprises the devices, combinations, and arrangements of parts hereinafter set forth: and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings of a preferred embodiment of the invention, from which the several features of the invention and the advantages attained thereby will be readily understood by those skilled in the art.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front perspective view of a sewing machine cabinet embodying the present invention, the cabinet being shown open and a sewing machine being indicated by dot-dot lines,

Fig. 2 is a front perspective view of the sewing machine cabinet shown in Fig. 1, the cabinet being closed,

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the sewing machine cabinet shown in Fig. 1, portions being broken away to disclose details,

Fig. 4A is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 44 of Fig. 3, the sewing machine cabinet being open, and

Fig. 4B is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 44 of Fig. 3 when the cabinet is closed.

The drawings, which form a part of this specification, illustrate a preferred embodiment of the present invention as applied to a drop-head type sewing machine cabi-' net having four U-shaped metallic legs. Two of these legs 16-16 are long and two of the legs 1717 are short. The long legs 16-16 are secured to the bottom of a combination storage space and sewing machine housing or storage compartment 18, whereas the short legs 17-17 are secured to the bottom of a drawer compartment 19. The two compartments 18 and 19 are joined together in side-by-side relation and a table top 21 is supported, partly by the compartment 18 and partly by the compartment 19. The table-top 21 has a thick portion 22 and a thin portion 23 which merge into one another, the upper surfaces of the two table-top portions lying in different horizontal planes in such a manner that the plane of the upper surface of the thick portion 22 is above the plane of the upper surface of the thin portion 23. Also, as best seen in Fig. 1, the portion 22 of the table-top 21 covers the compartment 19, and the portion 23 partly covers the compartment 18.

The portion 23 of the table-top 21 is, in a known manner, cut out or apertured at 24 to receive a conventional front flap 2 6 and the bed of a sewing machine 23. A leaf 29 is, by means of a pair of hinges 3131, pivotally attached to one end of the portion 23. Parts of the hinges 31, even when the leaf 29 is closed, protrude beyond the end of the portion 23. The portion 23 and the leaf 29 are each one-half as thick as the portion 22 of the table-top 21. Furthermore, the top surface of the portion 23 is positioned one-half of the Patented May 20, 1958 way between the top and bottom surfaces of the portion 22. Because of this, when the leaf 29 is folded over the top of the portion 23, to the closed position shown in Fig. 2, the then upper surface of the leaf 29 will be in the same horizontal plane ofthe'upper surface of the portion 22. Also, when the leaf 29 is swung to the open position shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 4A, the then upper surface of the leaf 29 will be in the samehorizontal plane as the top of the portion 23.

In addition to the above, a cover block 32 is, by means of a piano hinge 33, hinged to the upper left hand corner (Figs. 1 and 2) of the combination storage and machine housing compartment 18. The block 32 is the same thickness as the portion 22, and therefore is twice as thick as either the leaf 29 or the portion 23. Thus, when the block 32 is hinged to the closed position shown in Figs. 2 and 4B, the then upper surfaceof the block 32 is in the same plane as the upper surface of the leaf 29 and in the same plane as the upper surface of the portion 22. From this it can be seen that the cabinet, when closed (Fig. 2), presents a top surface which is smooth and unmarred by protrusions. The block 32 has two recesses 3838. When the block 32 is in the closed position, shown in Figs. 2 and 4B, the recesses 3838 accommodate the protruding parts of the hinges 31. Also the surface 39 of the block 32 is pro vided with a pair of spaced resilient bumpers 41-41 held in place by screws 42. When the block 32 is swung to the open or leaf-supporting position shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 4A, and the leaf 29 is also swung open to the position shown in the same Figs. 1, 3 and 4A, the bumpers 4141 are engaged by the then lower surface of the leaf 29. Because of this the bumpers 41-41 and the block 32 assist in supporting the leaf 29.

When the sewing machine 28 is to be used, the cabinet will be open as shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 4A. In other words, the cover block 32 and the leaf 29 will be hinged to the position shown in Fig. 4A. This provides access to the sewing machine receiving aperture 24 through which the sewing machine 28 can, in a known manner, be raised from or lowered into the sewing machine housing space 43. Also, by raising the leaf 29, access can be had to the storage space 44 of the compartment 18. When the sewing operation has been completed, the sewing machine 28 is lowered into the housing space 43, the leaf 29 and the block 32 are swung to the position shown in Fig. 2, thereby providing an entirely smooth-topped sewing machine cabinet.

Having thus set forth the nature of the invention, what I claim herein is:

A sewing machine cabinet comprising a first compartment adapted "to accommodate a plurality of drawers; 1

a pair of relatively short metallic legs secured to the bottom of said first compartment; a second compartment adapted to house and store a sewing machine, said first and second compartments being joined together in sideby-side relation; a pair of relatively long metallic legs secured to the bottom of said second compartment; a table-top secured to the tops of said first and second compartments, said table-top having a thick portion which covers said first compartment and a thin portion which is half as thick as said thick portion, said thin portion and said thick portion merging into one another; a leaf which is the same thickness as said thin portion; a pair of hinges movably securing one end of said leaf to that end of the thin portion of said table-top which is remote from the end which merges into said thick portion, and parts of said hinges, even when the leaf is closed, protruding beyond the end of said thin portion and beyond the end of said leaf; a cover block, which is the same thickness as said thick portion of said'table-top, said block being provided with recesses adapted to accom- References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Wolfinger July 25, Phelan Sept. 15, Gedeon July 25, Preuss Aug. 19, 

